Arpan Saxena, 4, says he "can't walk a lot"
because his feet do not fit into conventional shoes.
The boy from Bhopal, India, was born with two genetic
disorders: Polydactyly, which causes a person to have extra fingers or toes;
and syndactyly, which means some fingers and/or toes are fused together.
'He was out playing when he injured one of his fingers, and
it just sort of came off,' his father, Anil Saxena, told the Daily Mail.
Though many people have offered to foot the bill for
surgery, the boy's parents say their son is just fine the way he is.
'Arpan is famous all over Bhopal and we like it that
way," said his mother, Tanu Saxena. "I am apprehensive about how an
operation might affect him at this age."
Arpan is a local celebrity in his home city. The youngster
says he enjoys the attention when people come to take pictures of him, though
he notes that the lack of properly fitting shoes keeps him from walking much.
